Roadside America: Gieringer’s Tiny World of American Life
Laurence Gieringer built Roadside America, a vast handcrafted miniature village near Hamburg Pennsylvania, depicting early settlers, turn of century Pennsylvania, and modern scenes. The display uses 9,520 feet of lumber and 11,080 feet of electric wire among thousands of figures trees and structures, with animated scenes in a church barn and grandstand.
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Laurence Gieringer
America
Gieringer
Pennsylvania
Roadside America
Reading
Sleepy Hollow
West
Shrine Church
Alps
Fairfield
Hope and Crosby enter baseball gossip in spring training report
The piece notes Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as new baseball followers linked to the Pirates Indians and golf. It discusses potential standings implications with Lou Boudreau Joe Gordon and Bob Feller and compares expected team strengths across the Indians Pirates Cardinals Dodgers and others. It ends with a fashion blurb about a junior date dress.
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Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Pirates
Indians
Hope
Magnate Crosby
Crosby
Pitt
Greenberg
Bob Feller
Lou Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Joe
Boudreau
Gordon
Cleveland
Red Sox
Cardinal Dodgers
Bing
West Coast
Bob
Cardinals
Dodgers
Cubs
Braves
Phillies
Giants
Normandy Leaves War Debris as Memorial on Beach
Normandy authorities decide to leave wrecked ships tanks and other debris on the beaches as a wartime memorial to Allied troops who landed there to begin the invasion of Europe.
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France
Normandy
Europe
Circuit Rider Travels 954 Miles Weekly To Reach Parish
The Rev. E. V. Johnson a 33 year old former army chaplain preaches weekly to his Locust Grove Tex congregation after a 954 mile round trip from Kansas City. He attends Central Baptist Theological Seminary Tuesday through Friday then returns to Locust Grove for services. Johnson supports building a church while his wife and two children wait in Canadian Tex during the trip.
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Parish
Kansas City
E. V. Johnson
Inary
Locust Grove
Tex
Canadian
Sharon
Mary Vesta
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Boswell, Okla
British Golfers Face Tough Ryder Cup and Walker Cup Forecast
The article praises Dai Rees as among the best golf professionals seen on British soil and argues he would challenge Hogan or Nelson on any British course. It predicts the U S team has a strong lineup but the British are evenly matched on seaside links and Walker Cup matches.
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United States
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Russia
France
Italy
China
Japan
Germany
Britain
Sweden
Finland
British Isles
U. S
Dai Rees
Rees
Hogan
Nelson
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Smith Chev. Co
Alliance
Nebr
Farm Machinery & Equip
Sheiler
Hammermill
J. H. Nicholson Supply CO
Warney
Omaha
Currie
Salina
Kansas
Bonner Cedar CO
Sandpoint
Idaho
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitco
K. E. Lookabaugh
Sears Roebuck & Co
Lincoln
Nebraska
Schield Bantam CO
Waverly
Hedge and Catalpa
Gus C. Kalbe
Walnut
Dayton Film
Hepburn
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
C. G. Binderup
Congress
Minden
Neb
Roscoe Hill
Roscoe Hill Hatchery
R St
U.S
Crete
McKesson
WNU
Iona
Laurence
Hamburg
Harrisburg
Allentown
Paul
Eagle Vs
Lion
Normandy Beach
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Weils St
Fleischmann
Hal’s
Halamka
Castle
Sioux City
Martin
Fremont
Pathfinder
Columbus
Evans
Grand Island
Yancey
Harding
Des Moines
Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!